Below you will find a list of suggested authors and works of Argentinian literature. Many of these books have been gathered from recommendations by the enthusiastic writers and book bloggers on Twitter. The list is not meant to be exhaustive. Argentina has a rich literary tradition, and there are many other books that would qualify for the challenge.
As an added bonus, in choosing to purchase any of these books, you will be supporting great independent publishers such as Europa Editions, New Directions, NYRB Classics, Open Letter Books, Dalkey Archive, and Maclehose Press.
If the title of a book appears in Spanish below, this usually means that I am unaware of an English translation.
If you know of any titles that should be added to the list, please email me at: jen [at] jenandthepen [dot] com.
Cesar Aira: Ghosts, The Literary Conference, How I Became a Nun, An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter
Roberto Arlt: The Seven Madmen, The Flame-Throwers
Adolfo Bioy Casares: The Invention of Morel, Asleep in the Sun
Jorge Luis Borges: Ficciones, The Aleph
Oliverio Coelho
Julio Cortazar: Hopscotch, Blow-up and Other Stories
Carlos Maria Dominguez: The House of Paper
Federico Falco
Macedonio Fernandez: The Musuem of Eterna's Novel (The First Good Novel)
Juan Filloy: Op Oloop
Rodolfo Fogwill
Iosi Havilio, Opendoor (to be published this year in English by And Other Stories)
Paola Kaufmann: The Lake
Alicia Kozameh, Steps Under Water
Tomas Eloy Martinez: Santa Evita, The Tango Singer
Matias Nespolo: Seven Ways to Kill a Cat
Andres Neuman: Viajero del Siglo (to be published in English by FSG)
Silvina Ocampo
Pola Oloixarac: Las Teorias Salvajes
Guillermo Orsi: No-one Loves a Policeman
Elsa Osorio: My Name Is Light
Alan Pauls: The Past
Ricardo Piglia: Absent City, Artificial Respiration
Patricio Pron
Lucia Puenzo
Manuel Puig: Kiss of the Spider Woman, Heartbreak Tango
Ernesto Sabato, The Tunnel
Juan Jose Saer: The Witness, The Investigation, The Sixty-Five Years of Washington
Samanta Schweblin: Pajaros en la Boca
Rodolfo Walsh
